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The Pictures Generation at Hallwalls
In this book, Vera Dika rewrites the story of the Pictures Generation from the perspective of the Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo, NY. Her work is based on interviews …
Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires
The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires are usually studied separately, or else included in broader examinations of the Hellenistic world. This book provides a systematic comparison of …
Shakespeare's Wife
______________ ‘Excellent ... a marvellous imagining of the life of Shakespeare's wife and a devastating exposure of the misogyny of the male biographers who have disparaged her’ …
Cyfres y Dderwen: Annwyl Smotyn Bach
A novel set in the future in which Big Brother keeps an eye on everything; it tells the tale of a pregnant young woman who attempts to escape and to break free from the regime.
Material Cultures, 1740–1920
Interweaving notions of identity and subjectivity, spatial contexts, materiality and meaning, this collection makes a significant contribution to debates around the status and …
Treasures of Knowledge: An Inventory of the Ottoman Palace Library (1502/3-1503/4) (2 vols)
The subject of this two-volume publication is an inventory of manuscripts in the book treasury of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II from …
The Shores of Wisdom
Shakespeare's Symmetries
The organization of Shakespeare's plays has challenged, even baffled audiences and critics since the 17th century. Cymbeline has been dismissed as "incoherent." Hamlet "is of no …
The desertification of cultures and the dereliction of the individual : a comparative intercultural study in Turkey, China, Algeria and France av Roger B. Sages
The attraction of big cities and the mythology around supporting them givethe impression that this would be the only real modernity accessible to modern man. Maybe as a reflection …
Prophetic Figures in Late Second Temple Jewish Palestine
Isolated passages from the writings of Josephus are routinely cited in general studies of early Jewish prophecy, but the present work is the first comprehensive examination of this …
Figures of Chance I
Figures of Chance I: Chance in Literature and the Arts (16th-21st Centuries) proposes a transhistorical analysis that will serve as a reference work on the evolution of literary …
Representing Violence against Women
A man murdered his wife in 1903 Milan. By analysing how this case was represented and by examining the works of scientists and jurists across centuries, this book seeks to explore …